The financial aid for the five-year-old preschoolers (thereafter referred as “the free tuition plan”) for the second semester of this academic year will start in March, and the deadline of application is April 15. Parents whose children were born between September 2nd, 2008 and September 1st, 2009 should contact the kindergartens where your children study or visit the website of Early Childhood Educare (http://www.ece.moe.edu.tw) for further information regarding the free tuition plans.The free tuition plan has two major categories: tuition waiver and allowances for children in financially distressed families (thereafter referred as “allowances for the financially distressed”). The five-year-old studying in public kindergartens are granted full tuition waiver when their preschool studies begin, while those in private kindergartens can receive subsidy or voucher for tuition waiver up to NTD15,000 per child in each semester. Moreover, children from financially distressed families, which is defined as annual household income below NTD 700,000, can apply for additional allowances. Those in public kindergartens can receive extra allowances ranging between NTD 6,000 to NTD 10,000 per child in each semester.